Englert grew up on the other side of the world in Australia, but was raised inside the world of art house filmmaking by her mother, Academy Award-winning director Jane Campion (“The Piano”). Unlike her character in the film, Englert exudes intellectual sophistication and is entirely accepting of the life path she was born into. “I want to constantly spend my life in stories. I don’t think I ever thought about living in any other way. So that’s my aim, to always hang around until they kick me out.”

But don’t let their ambition fool you. Englert and Ehrenreich are as starry-eyed as any newly minted actor, especially when it came to working alongside their legendary “Beautiful Creatures” co-stars Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson and Viola Davis.

“Watching Emma Thompson and Jeremy Irons do a scene, it’s like free acting class,” Ehrenreich eagerly explained. “I was sitting there with a little notebook and taking notes.”

For Englert, it was Thompson’s jovial work ethic that made the biggest impact. “She gave me such a great perspective of humor, about not taking all this stuff too seriously,” Englert said. “She taught me to have a sense of humor about your career and just to try and do your best, because, if you try to control it and try and make all these aims, you forget to have fun. You forget to actually do good work.”

Though Englert and Ehrenreich’s on-screen romance didn’t roll into real life as it did with their “Twilight” counterparts Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the pair have a friendly rapport, something they’ll need to sustain them as they travel the world promoting the film, attending book signings (as they did during their San Diego stop) and facing eager fans ready to fawn over their new romantic heroes.

As a film fanatic himself, Ehrenreich enjoys the fan interactions. “It feels like a personal experience, whereas everything else is kind of a professional thing. That’s where the people come up and you see that this matters so much to somebody.”

At this point, Englert chimed in with an anecdote from their most recent book signing when a fan asked her to sign a T-shirt which, when unfolded, revealed a close-up of Ehrenreich wearing what appeared to be pink lipstick.

“It was very surreal,” Ehrenreich responded, clearly a little embarrassed.

Not one to miss an opportunity, Englert leaned in with the exaggerated tone of a doting aunt. “Awww, those cherub lips of yours!”